Monday, August 18, 2014

Maori Weapons - on sale from this Thursday

Maori Weapons

in Pre-European New Zealand

Jeff Evans

At a time of renewed interest in Maori
martial arts, Maori Weapons serves as
the ideal reference work.

Jeff Evans has collected all the available research to provide a full armoury
of traditional Maori weapons in one concise volume. Maori Weapons provides cultural and technical information on the
handmade weapons used by Maori, along with extensive photos and line drawings.

From the well-known taiaha and mere to the more obscure wahaika and
maripi, this comprehensive guide will serve a range of students, practitioners
and general readers.

This valuable book
has been out of print for some time. Libro International will be releasing the
new Maori Weapons on 21 August.

Praise for the first
edition of Maori Weapons:

‘This book does a marvellous job of bringing together
all the knowledge that could be gleaned from written sources on Maori
weapons as objects of war’ – Dr
Hirini Melbourne

The author: Jeff Evans is a well-known writer
and photographer who has authored a number of works relating to Maori canoes
and warfare, including Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New
Zealand, Nga Waka o Nehera: The first voyaging canoes and Waka Taua: The
Maori War Canoe. Jeff lives with his family in Te Atatu, Auckland.